It is hard to guess what a Rothschild’s rock-wallaby weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Rothschild’s rock-wallaby (Petrogale rothschildi) on average weights 4.55 kg (10.02 lbs).
The Rothschild’s rock-wallaby is from the family Macropodidae (genus: Petrogale). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 100 cm (3′ 4″).
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
Rothschild’s rock-wallaby – Petrogale rothschildi – sometimes known as the Roebourne rock-wallaby, is a species of macropod found in Western Australia, in the Pilbara district and the Dampier Archipelago. It is not currently considered to be threatened, but is at risk from the red fox (Vulpes vulpes).Rothschild’s rock-wallaby is one of the largest rock-wallabies. It is predominantly golden-brown in colour with a greyish wash down its neck, which often has a purple appearance. It is mainly a nocturnal grass-eater usually found around rocky ground.
Animals of the same family as a Rothschild’s rock-wallaby
We found other animals of the Macropodidae family:
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby bringing 4.57 kilos (10.08 lbs) to the scale
- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby bringing 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern hare-wallaby bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Red kangaroo bringing 38.98 kilos (85.94 lbs) to the scale
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo bringing 10.48 kilos (23.1 lbs) to the scale
- Tammar wallaby bringing 5.28 kilos (11.64 lbs) to the scale
- Monjon bringing 1.26 kilos (2.78 lbs) to the scale
- Black-striped wallaby bringing 11.23 kilos (24.76 lbs) to the scale
- Allied rock-wallaby bringing 4.63 kilos (10.21 lbs) to the scale
- Short-eared rock-wallaby bringing 4.02 kilos (8.86 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Rothschild’s rock-wallaby
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Petrogale rothschildi:
- Six-banded armadillo with a weight of 4.76 kilos (10.49 lbs)
- Red fox with a weight of 4.83 kilos (10.65 lbs)
- Crab-eating macaque with a weight of 4.58 kilos (10.1 lbs)
- Nine-banded armadillo with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
- Bonnet macaque with a weight of 5 kilos (11.02 lbs)
- Giant bandicoot with a weight of 4.8 kilos (10.58 lbs)
- White-nosed coati with a weight of 4.58 kilos (10.1 lbs)
- Unadorned rock-wallaby with a weight of 4.56 kilos (10.05 lbs)
- Chinese pangolin with a weight of 4.67 kilos (10.3 lbs)
- Brown dorcopsis with a weight of 5.39 kilos (11.88 lbs)